The Sheriffs Relief Foundation

Analysis

The Sheriffs Relief Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Whittier, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover unknown, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Sheriffs Relief Foundation reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.6m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Sheriffs Relief Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bible League Foundation ($1.6m), Texas Language Learning Alternative Corporation I ($1.6m) and City College Student Services Corporation ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $537k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 26 employees.